The Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea [a] (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가보위성) is the secret police agency of North Korea. It is an autonomous agency of the North Korean government reporting directly to the Supreme Leader.

North Korea’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is the counterintelligence service, an autonomous agency that reports directly to leader Kim Jong Un.

On November 12, 2021, an alleged RGB agent led an operation in Japan to illegally obtain foreign currency to shore up the North Korean economy by ordering two South Korean nationals to conduct a business that was against their official status of residence.

Jul 24, 2018 · Of all the DPRK’s institutions, the country’s secret police, currently called the Ministry for Protection of the State (국가보위성), is the least researched and the least known to the general public. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved.

The Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가보위성) is the secret police agency of North Korea. It is an autonomous agency of the North Korean government reporting directly to the Supreme Leader.

Feb 26, 2014 · Ask A North Korean: "Let me tell you this: the Ministry of State Security system is a lot harsher than you'd think"

Jun 15, 2023 · In the dead of the night, two North Koreans meet in secret. One is an ordinary North Korean citizen who has agreed to risk all to be interviewed by the BBC. The other is a source, working...

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Room 39 (officially Central Committee Bureau 39 of the Workers' Party of Korea, [1] also referred to as Bureau 39, Division 39, or Office 39 [2]) is a secretive North Korean party organization that seeks ways to maintain the foreign currency slush fund for the country's leaders.

The Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가보위성) is the secret police agency of North Korea. It is an autonomous agency of the North Korean government reporting directly to the Supreme Leader.